The Past Tense p.65

Ana lived in Boston for two years

Ana vivió en Boston por dos años.

They organized (organizar)

Ellas organizaron

They sang a song (cantar)

Ellos o ellas cantaron una canción

They planted a lot of flowers.

Ellos plantaron muchas flores.

What is a past tense verb?

Expresses action or process that already took place in the past. It is formed by adding the ed-form.

Luisa visited her grandmother

Luisa visitó a su abuela.

We passed (pasar)

Nosotros pasamos

Verb preparar-tú

Tu preparaste

You inflated (inflar)

Tú inflaste

You prepared (you formal)

Usted preparó

You danced (you all) (bailar)

Ustedes dansaron

I was

Yo era

Verb preparar -yo

Yo preparé

Yolanda worked at the ice cream stand

Yolanda trabajó en el puesto de helados.

they-you plural were

ellos-ellas-ustedes eran

hablan (ellas)

hablaron

montar (yo)

monté

we were

nosotros éramos

organizar (nosotros)

organizamos

planchar (él)

planchó

Verb preparar -ellos,ellas,ustedes

prepararon

Verb preparar-nosotros

prepararon

Verb preparar él , ella, usted

preparó

you were

tú eras

trabajar (usted)

usted trabajó

Verb Be - Past

was/were

cortar (mi vecino)

él cortó

he/she spoke (hablar)

él-ella habló

he, she, you (formal)

él-ella-usted era